E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Can you attach a copy of /var/log/apt/term.log ?

Here is the requested term.log

Thanks,

there is no bug which jump to my eye, looks more as if you system (possibly the dpkg cache) got corrupted.

How do I fix this? I put a post up in the ubuntu forums but got no response. Do I have to do a complete reinstall of the OS or is there an easier way? Thanks for looking at my problem for me.

Converting to a question.

If the dpkg cache is indeed corrupted, you may be able to fix it by running "sudo dpkg --configure -a"

I ran that and still got the same error when I tried to apt-get

I also tried apt-get clean

Neither sudo dpkg --configure -a nor apt-get clean alone are going to help for a corrupted cache. Your only chance is first to delete the cache (/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin) and then try to finish whatever dpkg operation needs to be completed.

Hi,
>>Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/ufw_0.16.2.2_all.deb<<

did you make any changes in ufw?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Uncomplicated_Firewall_ufw

>>package `thunar' is missing final newline<<

go to the thunar package file list, insert an empty last line and save.
Then try again
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Or check in Synaptic -> status -> broken packages

where is the thunar package file list?

I think I found it. How do I edit it?

Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo gedit /path/and/your_file_name

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

so. I think I need to edit the thunar-data.list file. Is this the file I need to edit? Also when I do the sudo gedit thing on that file I get a message that tells me that the gedit can't detect the encoding on the file and thus won't let me open it.

That seems to have done the trick. Thanks marcobra. Do you have any idea what could have caused this?

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.

I guess some bug or repository corruption...

Thank you

another easy way to fix this particular error is to remove the particular list + it's friends:
i.e. in my case it was scons. so i went into /var/lib/dpkg/info/......found scons deleted it's files,
re-installed scons and it was fixed...

I hav broken packages
when trying to reinstall it, the error comes..
it also comes when i uses -f

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.28-14-generic_2.6.28-14.47_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Pls, help me......

@reju

Please don't append a new question on a already answered or marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved or answered questions are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you

for me itś an error about freevo:

A instalar freevo (1.9.0-10.1ubuntu1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/freevo.real", line 521, in <module>
    execfile(freevo_version, {}, versions)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/freevo/version.py'

dpkg: erro ao processar freevo (--configure):
 subprocesso script post-installation instalado retornou erro do status de saída 1
Foram encontrados erros enquanto processava:
 freevo
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)